Huawei Mate 2 Manual

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Quick Start Guide 
						

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Your phone at a glance
Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI Ascend Mate2 
smartphone.
Before you start, lets take a look at your new phone. 
Press the power button to turn on or off the screen. Press 
and hold the power button for 15 seconds or more to 
restart your phone.
Micro 
USB port Status 
indicator
Power button Volume buttonHeadset jack
Recent
View recently 
used applicationsReturnHome
Front camera
Microphone
Light sensor 
						

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Installation
Follow the instructions in the following figures to 
complete the installation. Then press and hold the power 
button to power on your phone. Do not insert or remove 
the micro-SIM card when your phone is powered on.
1Open the battery cover.
2Insert the micro-SIM card.
Insert the microSD card (optional).
Charge the phone. 
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Locking and unlocking the 
screen
Your phone automatically locks its screen after being idle 
for a specified period of time. 
Alternatively, you can press the power button to 
manually lock the screen. You can go to 
and touch 
Display > Sleep to set the screen timeout period. 
Follow the onscreen instructions and drag  to unlock 
the screen or open an application. 
						

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Managing contacts
Touch to open People. 
Go to the Favorites tab to mark a contact as your 
favorite or manage contact groups. 
On the People screen, touch  > Manage contacts 
to import contacts from other devices or export contacts 
on your phone.  
						

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Placing a call
Touch and enter a phone number on the dialer. If 
you have existing contacts on your phone, your phone 
automatically displays matching results as you type. 
Touch a number to place a call. 
You can also touch a number from Contacts, Messaging, 
Email, or Browser to place a call.  
						

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Messaging
Touch to open Messaging. 
Attaching a file to a text message converts the message 
into a multimedia message. You can save photos, audio 
clips, or videos from received multimedia messages.
When you are typing, open the notification panel and 
touch 
to switch the input method. 
Attach a file
Hey Howard, 8 oclock tomorrow 
morning, dont be late!03:51, May 22 
No problem. I just found a photo 
online of the place we are going 
tomorrow. Here it is. 
03:51, May 22 
Wow, what a nice view! Looking 
forward!03:53, May 22 
03:51, May 22  
						

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Suspend button
The suspend button contains a palette of useful 
functions and shortcuts which lets you quickly configure 
your phone settings or launch applications. 
Go to and touch Suspend button to turn on the 
suspend button. Touch to display the suspend 
button menu. 
Touch to display the multi-window menu. You can 
then launch a commonly used tool without exiting the 
current screen.  
						

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Turning on one-hand UI
In one-hand UI mode, dialing numbers, texting, and 
other routine activities are easy to accomplish with one 
hand.
Go to and touch One-hand UI to turn on one-hand UI. 
You can touch the arrow on either side of the screen to 
move the dialer or other operation area to the side of 
your choice.